2 On Sion's hill He keeps His court,
His palace makes her tow'rs;
Yet thence His sov'reignty extends
Supreme o'er earthly pow'rs."

3 Let therefore all with praise address
His great and dreadful name;
And with His unresisted might
His holiness proclaim.

4 For truth and justice, in His reign,
Of strength and pow'r take place;
His judgments are with righteousness
Dispens'd to Jacob's race.

5 Therefore exalt the LORD our God,
Before His footstool fall;
And with His unresisted might
His holiness extol.

PSALM 100. PART 1. Old Version. (L. M.)

Universal Praise ascribed to God.

1 ALL people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the LORD with cheerful voice:
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.

2 The LORD, ye know, is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His flock, He doth us feed,

And for His sheep He doth us take.
3 O enter then His gates with praise,
Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? The LORD our God is good,
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

PSALM 100. PART 2. (L. M.)
1 WITH One consent let all the earth
To God their cheerful voices raise;
Glad homage pay with awful mirth,
And sing before Him songs of praise.
2 Convinced that He is God alone,

From whom both we and all proceed;
We, whom He chooses for His own,
The flock that He vouchsafes to feed.
3 O enter then His temple gate,

Thence to His courts devoutly press;
And still your grateful hymns repeat,
And still His name with praises bless.
4 For He's the LORD supremely good,
His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.

PSALM 103. PART 1. (L. M.)

In this most excellent Psalm, the Prophet exhorts men and angels, and all creatures, to praise the LORD for His fatherly mercies, and deliverance of His people from all evils, for His providence over all things, and the preservation of the faithful.

1 My soul, inspir'd with sacred love,
God's holy Name for ever bless;
Of all His favours mindful prove,
And still Thy grateful thanks express.

2 "Tis He that all thy sins forgives,

And after sickness makes thee sound; From dangers He thy life retrieves,

By Him with grace and mercy crown'd.

3 God made of old His righteous ways To Moses and our fathers known; His works, to His eternal praise,

Were to the sons of Jacob shown.

4 Let every creature jointly bless

The mighty LORD: and thou, my heart, With grateful joy thy thanks express, And in this concert bear thy part.

PART 2. Old Version. (C. M.)

1 THE LORD is kind and merciful,
Though sinners do Him grieve;
Most slow to be provok'd to wrath,
And ready to forgive.

2 He will not always chiding be
every fault he sees,

For
Nor unrelenting anger show
To those that Him displease.

3 For not according to our sins
Doth He his wrath dispense;
Nor deal with us as we deserve,
For every known offence.

4 Behold! How great the distance is
"Twixt earth and heaven above:

So great His tender mercy is

To them that do Him love.

G

PSALM 103. PART 3. (L. M.)

1 THE LORD abounds with tender love,
And unexampled acts of grace;
His waken'd wrath doth slowly move,
His willing mercy flows apace.
2 God will not always harshly chide,
But with His anger quickly part;
And loves His punishments to guide
More by His love than our desert.
3 As high as heaven its arch extends
Above this little spot of clay;
So much His boundless love transcends
The small respects that we can pay.

4 As far as 'tis from east to west,

So far has He our sins remov'd;
Who with a Father's tender breast
Has such as fear Him always lov'd.
5 For God, who all our frame surveys,
Considers that we are but clay;
How fresh soe'er we seem, our days
Like grass or flow'rs must fade away.

PART 4. (L. M.)

1 THE LORD, the universal King,

In heav'n has fix'd His lofty throne: To Him, ye angels, praises sing,

In whose great strength His pow'r is shown.

2 Ye that His just commands obey,

And hear and do His sacred will; Ye hosts of His, this tribute pay,

Who still what He ordains fulfil.

3 Let every creature jointly bles

The mighty LORD; and thou my heart With grateful joy Thy thanks express, And in this concert bear thy part. Gloria Patri.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom earth and heav'n adore,
Be glory, as it was of old,

Is now, and shall be evermore.

PSALM 104. PART 1. Old Version. (P. M.) A Psalm of praise for creation and providence.

1 My soul, praise the LORD, Speak good of His

name;

O LORD our great God, How dost Thou appear! Surpassing in glory, How great is Thy fame! Honour and majesty, In Thee shine most clear. 2 How various, O LORD, Are all Thy works found! With wisdom so great, They are indeed wrought; That all the creation, Thy praise doth resound, Thy grace and Thy riches, surpass all men's thought.

3 While sinners, O LORD, Consume in Thine ire, Or, grown more perverse, Persist in their shame: To Thee may my soul Now express her desire, And say with the faithful, Praise ye the LORD'S name!'

PART 2. (L. M.)

1 BLESS God, my soul! Thou, LORD, alone
Possessest empire without bounds;
With honour Thou art crown'd, Thy throne
Eternal majesty surrounds.